Tom and list, I have no doubt that BOTH Cinderella Breedlove and Thomas Lowry were of Native American ancestry, specifically, Cherokee, though I have yet to prove it. I know that Cinderella Breedlove and Thomas Lowry were buried with a Cherokee symbol of a weeping willow on each of their tombstones. It is possible, of course, that Cinderella was adopted into the Cherokee, but somehow I doubt that is why the symbol is there. A lot of the things I have read, describe Breedlove men with "dark hair and eyes," and Breedloves are listed on the Indian rolls. Also, in Oklahoma, Breedlove is considered to be a Cherokee name. To me this not so surprising. I am sure that any family in this country that has been here as long as the Breedloves and Lowrys have find some hint of Native American heritage, without being able to prove it. I know that my father's mother, Cinderella's great granddaughter, was obviously of Indian ancestry, as was her mother. The family lore is that her mother was an "Indian woman." Her husband, William Mullicane, was said to have been a "squaw man." While I abhor the term, I use it here to illustrate that the family hid the Indian heritage because they were ashamed of it. Only part of my relatives, when I was growing up, would admit to it, in fact. I also know that I have physical markers that prove I have Native American ancestry. I am light skinned, from my European ancestry, but it is yellow based from my Mongolian heritage. My blood type is b+ (Mongolian). My sister has the looks and the blood type, too. She could probably "pass" for a full blooded Cherokee if she were tan. Carole Colquehoun carolelc@gateway.net ----- Original Message ----- From: tomking <tomking@freewwweb.com> To: <BREEDLOVE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, December 06, 1999 5:00 PM Subject: [BREEDLOVE-L] Spencer Breedlove > While reinvestigating the Breedlove links to the Cherokees, I found in > my notes that Caleph Ellis Breedlove, his daughter Mary Alyce Breedlove > Trent and his brother Spencer O. Breedlove all applied in the Eastern > Cherokee Court of Claims while residing in Pueblo, Colorado. As Caleb > and Spencer are sons of Spencer Breedlove and Sarah Ellis, I am > wondering how they could make a claim of Cherokee descent. I don't see > anything in the ancestry of either Spencer Breedlove or his wife/1st > cousin Sarah Ellis that indicates any Cherokee blood, but maybe I'm > overlooking something. Does anyone have the complete application for > any of the Breedlove's on the Guion Miller Rolls? > > Tom King > >